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Classical music is an important part of life for the UK’s Prime Minister, who has a particular passion for Beethoven piano sonatas. The former barrister, who was elected to succeed Rishi Sunak as ...

Remember the recorder? It's that small plastic instrument — looks kind of like a flute or clarinet — that's often the first instrument children learn to play in school. Or, at least, they used to. But ...

Laoise O' Brien has spent the last twenty-five years championing the recorder - a much maligned musical instrument which is often considered to be an instrument of torture. In For the Record on The ...